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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05

clasped and held up toward the shaft
of moonlight which pierced through
one of the narrow Sits in the thick
stone wall and shone full upon the
boys face as he walled: Ma Claire.
ma Claire, ma seur. why do YOU not
come to me when callo 1t is only
me, little JacOpo! o, do hot be unkind
to your petit trere!r' The child at last
sank upon his knees. swayed for few
seconds and then fell heavily on The
damp store squares. When Father
Hildebrand reached the boy-for. Of
course. it was poor little Jacopo-a
shaft Of moonlight was shining on
his face like stream of glory sent
from Heaven. No need to tell the rest.
Jacopo had only tainted. but it was
many months before he arose from 4
fever, during which his black clusters
of hair had turned pure white. He re-
covered, but never could say q word
about the events of that terrible night.
All he could cry was: "Ciaire! ma
Claire" Father Hildebrand took care
of the poor child. Not only had
JacopO's hair turned white. but his
quiet. steady blue eyes glistened with a
light unknown to sunlight; it was the
light that never shone on land or sea.
He is now the darling Of the POOR OF
Boulogne, their mascot, their what
ever you please to call it. But Father
Hildebrand declares that on that shaft
of moonlight which swept down upon
the praying boy he perceived in ecstacy
the form of his beloved Claire. "And
why not?" added my friend; ''does not
Claire mean the moonlight, and might
not the straight shafts of moonlight be
the celestial vehicle of vision to the
boy?"
That finished my friends story OF
Jacopo.
The boy with the systematically
wistful eyes and the snow-set hair is
dead. Jacopo died. with his hands
fixed over his breast in pious posi-
ton, murmuring: "Claire, ma Clare,
l am coming to join thee in thy play
grounds. Why did you leave me SO
lonely to be the child of the new year
the sad ills du jour de Tan" And
Father Hildebrsnd, good soul, is in
consolable. Death, he declares, while
he touches his breast and forehead, and
makes the sign of the 'santa crOix,"
has for him no further terrors. Forti-
ficatiOn for the eternities he had found
in little Jacopo.-Malcolna Mcpherson,
in Detroit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05
The Birth Of a Good idea.

The idea of safe-deposit companies.
so common and successful, originated
with the proprietor of a drinking sa-
loon near Washington Market. The
butchers used to bring their tin boxes
to him for storage over night in his
safe, until finally he could not accom-
modate them all. Attending an auc-
ton sale one day he purchased large
safe. had it fitted into compartments,
and assessed the cost among his pat
rons. Shortly after. the first safe-de-
post company was opened on lower
Broadway, one of the promoters hav-
ing watched the working of the system
described. Several attempts have been
made to introduce the system in Lon
don, but have been unsuccessful except
ing as concerns the ''city. ~ i.
Times
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05
CREMONA VARNISH.
Alleged Discovery of q Manuscript Which
Reveals Its COMPOSITION.

Alleged Discovery of q Manuscript Which
Reveals Its Composition.
The cremona mystery is solved.
There has been discovered a MS, no
doubt looted from public library DUR
ing the Peninsular war, the MS. bear
ing the book-mark, scr Bi6liotheca de
Cdrdenas," written partly in Italian
and partly in French by Antonio Paw
ardone, which disclOses the lOng-lost
secret Of the Cremona varnish, and how
and from what it is made; while from
other sources has been disclosed the
secret of the construction of the Gre
mona violin. 1t appears that about
the fifteenth century the Jesuit Fathers
entered China as missionaries under
the escort of Father Melheo PUGET.
Father MARITIME Martini in 1865 speaks
of the varnish with which the Chinese
were not only accustomed to cover
their desks. boxes, tables and other
furniture of this nature, but also the
walls. the ceilings and the floors of the
rooms. which are ordinarily of wood.
Particulars are given of where the Chi
nese obtained the materials of the var.
nish. From this recipe hermit of the
Order of st. Augustine, Father Eus-
tache Gamert, who was then in Rome.
composed a varnish, which was not
the same as the Chinese, but which
strongly resembled it, and was con.
sidered even finer. 1t appears that
several forms of varnish were used by
the Cremona school, but all were COM
posed on this foundation. This lus-
trous varnish. while brilliant to the
sight, has peculiar power of penetra-
ton into the pores of the wood, and Sc
cures the most important faculty of
sonorous vibration. With these LONG,
vailed secrets disclosed, there will be
no longer any difficulty, in the hands
of skilled makers, in producing violins
which represent an absolute equiva-
lence of value. as to mass, sweetness,
quality and power of tone, with the
famous instruments of Italy; SO that
hereafter all violinists may be armed
with instruments of that superior order
accessible only to the rich,
or to executants Of the highest rank.
London Standard
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05
SOMEWHERE.

Somewhere the wind is blowing.
thought as toiled along
In the burning heat Of the noontide,
And the fancy made me strong.
Yes, somewhere the wind is blowing,
Though here where gasp and sigh
Not breath of air is stirring,
Not a cloud in the burning sky.
Somewhere the thing We long for
Exists on the earth's wide bound,
Somewhere the sun is shining
When wi tier nips the ground,
Somewhere the flowers are springinS,
Somewhere the corn is brown
And ready unto the harvest
To feed the hungry town.
Somewhere the twilight gathers,
And weary men lay by
The burden Of the daytime,
And wrapped in slumber lie.
Somewhere the day is breaking,
And gloom and darkness fee;
Though storms our bark are tossing,
There somewhere a placid sea.
And thus, thought, it's always,
In this mysterious life,
There's always gladness somewhere
In spite Of its pain and strife;
And somewhere the sin and sorrow
OF earth are known no more,
Somewhere our weary spirits
Shall find peaceful shore.
Somewhere the things that try US
Shall all have passed away,
And doubt and fear no longer
Impede the perfect day.
o brother, though the darkness
Around thy soul be cast,
The earth is rolling sunward
And light shall come at last.
Alfred Capet .Sha,c, IN Good Words.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05
PARNELL'S APPEARANCE.
How It Has Iseen Misapprehended and
Grossly Exaggerated.

How It Has Reen Nlisapprehended and
Grossly Exaggerated.
Nature has stamped on the person of
this remarkable man the qualities of
his mind and temperament. His face is
singularly handsome, and at first
glance might even appear too delicate
to be strong. The nose is long and
thin and carved, not nodded; the
mouth is well cut; the cheeks are pal
lid; the forehead is perfectly round, and
as striking as the forehead of the first
Napoleon, and the eyes are dark and
unfathomable. The passer-by in the
streets, taking a casual look at those
beautifully chiseled features and at the
air of perfect tranquility. would be in
clined to think that Mr.. Parnell was a
very handsome young man who prOba-
bly, had graduated at West Point and
would in due time die in a skirmish
with the Indians. But a closer look
would show the great possibilities be-
meath this face. The mouth, especial
ly the under lip, speaks Of grip that
never loosens; the eye, when it is
fixed, tells of the infiexible will be-
meath, and the tranquility of the ex-
preston is the tranquility of the nat
ure that wills and wins. Similarly
with his figure. 1t looks slight al
most to frailty; but a glance will
show that the bones are largo, the hips
broad and the walk firm; in fact, Mr..
Parnell tramps the groend rather
than walks. The hands are
firm, and even the way they
grasp pencil has significance.
This picture of Parnell is very unlike
the portraits which have been formed
OF him by the imagination of those who
have never met him. When he was
first in the storm and stress of the era
OF obstruction he used to be portrayed
in the truthful pages of English comic
Journalism with a battered hat, long
upper-lip, a shillelah in his hand, clay
pipe in his caubeen. Even to this day
portraits after this fashion appear in
the lower class journals that think the
SdtNutuiC u tIlc AIlSl AstCc luc UcSC Oh
all possible jokes. Parneil is passion
ately fond of Ireland; is happier and
healthier on its soil than in any other
part of the world. and is almost blgoted
in the intensity of his patriotism. But
he might easily be taken for native of
another country. Residence for the
first years of his life in English schools
has given him strong English accent
and an essentially English manner; and
from his American mother he has got,
in all probability. the healthy pallor.
the delicate chiselling, the impassive
look and the resolute eye that are typical
of the children of the great Republic.
Such is the man in brief who to-day is
perhaps the most potent personality in
all the many nations and races Vt the
earth.-Great Irish Struggle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05

A New Jersey American while
travelling in Canada recently, called
on the American Consul at guelph,
Ont. Inquiring for the flag of his
country, which he expected to see
proudly waving in the wind, he found.
it was doing duty in hack rocm a. a
window curtain. This is not 50 bad as
the case of an American Consul in Sxn
Domingo. who used his proud EN-
blem of freedom" as towel
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05

-Twenty-one years ago the Metho-
dist Church in Sweden was in its in.
fancy. Now there are fifty-nine
preachers, seventy-five churches, TO-
400 members and 1898 probationers IL
that Kingdom.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05

"A Tottenham. Can. magistrate
recently fined himself one dollar for al-
lowing snow to lie upon the sidewalk.
-Chicago Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-05

WHICH Is prOuuceu mere.
As warm weather approaches the
mountain butter of North Carolina is
getting its hair cut short, and 1 can
truthfully say. Henry, that. although
l am no eplcure as a general rule, L
have had my palate tickled more since
l came here than ever did before.
Butter made in the Businesses of the
hills in Buncombe County is mostly
OF pale pearl gray. with pin
stripe in it of ultra-marine. This does,
not look badly. and it sets off hoe
cake first-rate.
This butter is not eaten by the peo-
people who manufacture it. They are
poor sometimes. and have to eat most.
any thing that will sustain life, but they
draw the line at this butter.
They know how it is prepared.
went out into the brush last week
to buy load of wood, and took tea
with . gentleman who lives in an
open-face cottage on the other side of
the mountains. I then discovered
that these people do not eat their own,
butter.
l did not notice any butter, but they
had gravy as a substitute for it. Corn
dodger in and of itself will not melt in
the mouth. so I looked around for a.
means of lubricating my own. At that
time the warm-hearted and hospitables
host made the following remark.
stranger. you mustn't be squeamish.-
just waller yer dodger in the done.
That's the way we do"
Ithen proceeded to waller.-BiH Ese
IN Chicago Nesps.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY.

A Significant Correspondence Which Tells
the story of Their True Relations.
The correspondence between the
President and Secretary of the Treas
ury contained in the press dispatches
from Washington this lnorning, dis
poses at stroke of great volume of
gossip and rumor concerning the per-
sonal and official relations of Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Manning which has
gained currency during the past few
weeks. In rendering his resignation,
for the second time, and in insisting
upon its acceptance, the Secretary de-
clares, very explicitly, that his with
drawal from the Cabinet is due solely to
the impaired condition of his health,
which renders him unequal to the Sex
hausting round of administrative
tasks" which devolve upon the head of
the Treasury Department. 1t is evident
from the general tone of the letter, and
especially from the hearty expressions
of continued confidence and esteem
contained in the closing paragraph,
that Mr.. Manning is, and has been
from the beginning, in cordial sympa-
thy not only with the financial policy of
the Administration, but with the meth
ods and principles which it has applied
in all the affairs of the Government.
The Presidents reply expresses his
sincere regret at Mr.. Manning's re-
tirement, and testities very cordially
and frankly to the value of the Secre-
tary's services and the popular appre-
citation of his achievements and sue
cess. The President accepts the resig-
nation with unfeigned reluctance, to
take effect April l, and in conclusion
ventures the "earnest hope" that in
his new field of labor there may be al
lowed to him "morc of comfort and
of ease than conscientious discharge
of duty here permits" There is just a
touch of pathos in these closing words,
coming as they evidently do straight
from the heart, and suggesting GER
tain WEAKNESS and disgust on the part
Of the President with the trials, respon.
sibilities and perplexities of his lofty
station. To the man who, more than
any other, has shared these burdens
augmented, as they have been, by the
unjust suspicious, the harsh criticisms
the persistent misconstruction of mo-
tives and the systematic annoyances anf
prosecutions of professed politica
friends and supporters, these words
will appeal with special force. No ont
so well as Daniel Manning can grasl
their deep and pregnant meaning, o
appreciate so fully the difficulties, anx
ieties and embarrassments that callet
them forth. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05

II was in this house that his accomplished
mother devoted so much OF her time to the
education of her only son, land owe more to
my mother than TO any other instructor in the
world" said he few days ago. when he was
talking over the old life in Chillicothc with
mo. After the death of the Elder Thurman in
1886 the house passed into the hands Of one of
Judge Thur1nan's sisters, who sold 1t few
years later.
Judge Thurman's mother, who took so much
pains with his mental training. was u woman
of remarkable qualities Of brain and heart. and
. II has often been observed that her son not
ouly resemblod her in these particulars, but
' his features are those of his mother She was
| well equipped for the task of imparting in
structions to promising boy, for she had been
broadly educated in the best scmnaries of
Philadelphia, and had formed habits of study
which she never relinquishcd'
Judge Thurman's public education oh
tained at the old Chllicothc Academy II had, ''
said he, "a large class. but think that those
who were boys with me in it are all dead. save
Rufus King. OF Cincinnati, and myself. Some
OF my classmates became wc-known. There
was John Waddo, who was an engineer and a
railroad runn of great ability, aud who WAS one
Of the noblcst fellows that ever lived and there
was Joseph Patton. who became distinguish
ed physician in Alabama.
'rhe mon who were ut the Bar when I was
admitted TO practice have nearly all passed
away. When was on the bench used TO know
every lawyer In Southwestern Ohio now do
not know one in hundred. There are just two
mon living who were in my judicial circuit of
Fairfield, Pickawny, Ross Fiyette, Jackson
and Pike Counties, when ! commenced the
practice of law. One OF them is John Andrews.
of Columbus. and the other is Elihu Johnson,
OF Jackson County, who must be quite ninety
years of age. An. when see my old friends
vanishing so swiftly sometimes feel that it
may be my turn soon.'"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05
HOW DID HE kNOW2
story of Dog WHO Would Not Take An
Old Paper to IIis Master.

story of Dog WHO Would Not Take An
Old Paper to His Master.
We have printed some remarkable
stories about dogs, but if what Con-
necticut paper relates of dog owned
by Colonel Newton, of Cromwell, is to
be believed, no more knowing dog has
yet been born. He goes twice II day
to the railroad station for the morning
and evening paper He goes of his
own accord, is alway on time, and
waits just above where the baggage
car is to stop, in the morning at one
place and in the afternoon at another.
"Thcre he waits until the bundle is
thrown Off and opened by the station
master, when he takes his paper in his
mouth and Immediately starts for
home. If the weather is rainy he has
u piece of oil skin which is kept in %
place where he can get it himself, and
of his own accord he carries this with
him, and the station master wraps it
around the paper before giving
it to him in order that it
may not get wetA On his return
home, he puts the oil-skin away in its
place, against the next rainy day" He
knows the papers and insists on having
the right one. Once, says the Record,
he was fooled "In opening the bundle
the station-master slipped one that was
two days old out of his pocket, and
handed it to the dog. Demo took it in
his mouth and started for home. Ar
irving there he took it to his MASTER
and was rewarded by pat on the head
and kind word. Colonel Newton ad-
justed his spectacles and commenced to
read. OF course he at once discovered
the trick, although he thought at the
time it was only an error. Calling
paper back, and reprimanded him for
making. the mistake. l don't know
what it was he said to him, but
the dog seemed to understand
it for he hung his head
and really looked ashamed. In short
time he was at the station, with the old
paper in his mouth, and going to the
agent laid the paper at his feet, and,
looking in his face gave Il very short
and very decided bark. as much as to-
say, give me the right paper and do'it
now.' He was offered one that was a.
day old, but after shifting ut it for
moment refused to take it, and not un-
til he was given u paper of that date.
would he have any thing to do with it.
Since then, although an attempt has
been made several times to fool him
again, in the same way, he can not be
deceived, and so, as / said before, it
really seems as though the dog must be
able to read. ."-Baptist Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05
WAS LINCOLN "HoNoRED."

How Republican Politicians Carry Out
His watchword "With Malice Toward
None, with Charity for ALL"
1t has long been the custom of DEM
ocrats to meet on Jackson's Day, the
anniversary of Old Hickory's great
victory over the British at New Orleans,
and renew their pledges to the prin-
ciples which he clung to during long
career. They also commemorate def
ferson's birth, and in toasts and ora
tions recall some of the more con-
spicuous teachings of that celebrated
patriot and statesman. At these DEM
ocratic gatherings it is the practice to
applaud the wisdom of the Democracy's
patron saints and to revive recol-
lectons of their doctrines and theories
rather than to attack present opponents
or to belittle other names now held
dear by the majority of Americans.
In the first important attempt by
Republicans to introduce this custom
in their own party happy selection
was made in the choice of the man
whose memory it was desired to honor,
but in the scope and character of the
exercises the pitch was altogether too
low to be particularly edifying to any
body. Dying before the Republican
party as it exists to-day was evolved
from the war party, Abraham Lincoln
was character which the present
leaders of that organization might
well study on every suitable occasion.
That his temper, habits of thought,
lofty patriotism, humanity and broad
nationalism do not at present actuate
the Republican leaders, is, perhaps,
due to the fact that they are more
f! closely interested in the promulgation
of unwise and unjust policies relative
to business and to the perpetuation of
sectional animosities than they are in
the contemplation of one of the most
picturesque figures in American his
tory. Meeting together on the ami
vcrsary of Lincoln's birth, modern
Republicans might, if they would, draw
much inspiration from his life and
character. but they must approach the
subject in different frame of mind
from that which seems to have been
uppermost at the New York gathering.
The speeches at Dclmonico's were
not indicative either of Il profound APP
probation of or veneration for Lin
coins character. They were princl-
pally vehement, bitter and foolish de-
nunciations of somebody else. 1t is
not in this spirit that professed follow
ers of the Emancipator can honor his
memory or keep bright the great les
son of his life. With malice toward
none and with charity for all, he
was in the broadcast sense an American.
not n sectionalist. He can be honored
as an American as Jefferson and Jack
son are honored, without dragging into
his eulogy the petty ordinations OF the
present day. Perhaps when the New
York Republican Club has had little
more experience it will be BETTER
Chicag0 Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05

M. Stanton wrote to Governor Seymour
in these words. al can not forbear
expressing to you the deep obligation
/ feel for the prompt and cordial sup
port you have given to the Government
in the present emergency. The energy,
activity, and patriotism you have ex-
hibited I may be permitted personally
and officially to acknowledge without
arrogating any personal claim on my
part in such service or to any service
whatever. Ishall be happy always to
be esteemed your friend" Replying
to an almost complimentary and en-
tirely unexpected letter from President
Lincoln, Governor Seymour said: "For
the preservation of this union I am
ready to make any sacrifice of interest,
passion or prejudice"
The day for Kissing the name OF
Horatio Seymour has gone by.-Chi-
cdgo Mail (Rep).